In this module, you will learn the ins and outs of Ansible with the goal of managing and automating your infrastructure and code’s deployment.

DevOps for Developers

Ansible is one of the leading tools for software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. In this module, you will learn the ins and outs of Ansible with the goal of managing and automating your infrastructure and code’s deployment.

You will learn how to set up a docker environment, connect with cloud providers like AWS and Azure, manage infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Ansible, and lastly how to automate configuration and state management processes. Throughout each section, you will dive into the fundamentals of Ansible through practical and real-world scenarios.

By the end, you will have a great new skill that will open a lot of doors for you like cloud computing and DevOps. This will definitely be a good tool to put on your resume and will help you further your career.

Ansible

# Setting up an Ansible environment 
We'll start by laying down the foundations for you to build on as the course progresses.

To answer; **"How do I set up an Ansible environment?"**; we will explore the following three chapters:
- Ansible Development with Containers
- Connect to the Cloud
- Deploy an Ansible Environment

Once connected to the cloud, we will dive into some basic Ansible ad-hoc commands and playbooks before deploying an Ansible environment.

Let's get started with the first chapter.
# Ansible environment with containers
> **Objective** 
 > Run Ansible within a Docker Container
> 
> **Steps** 
> 1. Install Docker.
> 2. Create a Dockerfile.
> 3. Build a Docker Image.
> 4. Run a Docker Container.
> 5. Push a Docker Image to DockerHub.

We will start by walking you through building an Ansible environment in the docker container. Using a container environment provides various benefits such as: 
- Provides a consistent development experience for you and your team.
- Separates the Ansible environment from the infrastructure it aims to manage.
- Reduces management overhead (less infrastructure to manage).
- Provides an immutable Ansible environment.
 
For this purpose, we will be working with [Docker](https://www.docker.com/).

# Getting started with Docker
We have already talked about the importance of containers above. __*Docker*__ is a container management tool. You can easily build, run, and deploy containers using Docker.

Our first objective of this chapter is to install Docker. We have provided you with a pre-configured environment with Docker already installed, so you don't have to go through the hassle of installing it yourself. 

You can play with the pre-configured __*terminal*__ below. 

> Run the following command to see if Docker is installed or not.
>```
> docker --version
> ```
>It will display the current version of Docker installed.

Get introduced to the Environment Setup, Docker and, Dockerfile.

Introduction

Setting up an Ansible environment